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According to The Block, Ethena Labs announced the launch of the beta version of its self-custody payment application Ethena Pay on Avalanche, covering 48 countries.The application integrates Ethena's synthetic dollar USDe, allowing users to earn rewards on their account balance, including up to 6% annual yield and up to 10% cash back when using designated merchants.The founder of Ethena stated that this is the first bank-like application to integrate the issuer's own stablecoin products with banking applications. Users can hold USDe, receive fiat currency through international bank accounts or directly deposit in cryptocurrency, and can also send funds to others and settle in the recipient's local currency.The application supports "instant" global transfers, with free transfers for USD, EUR, and other currencies, while other bank transfers incur certain fees. The application offers three membership tiers: standard users can enjoy a 5% annual yield, and by depositing 2000 USD in USDe or inviting 10 users, they can upgrade to VIP status, enjoying a 6% yield; depositing 10,000 USD or inviting 50 people allows for further upgrades. Cash back is paid in AVAX.The beta version of Ethena Pay is now available on iOS and Android, initially covering countries such as Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, the Philippines, Singapore, the UAE, and Australia, with the US, EU, Canada, and South Korea to follow. Currently, the circulating supply of USDe is approximately 4 billion USD.

According to SoSoValue data, the total net inflow of Ethereum spot ETFs is $87.6799 million. The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow yesterday was Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a single-day net inflow of $59.9357 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of ETHA has reached $12.797 billion.The second is Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETH, with a single-day net inflow of $13.5037 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of ETH has reached $1.924 billion. As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $15.614 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (the market value compared to the total market value of Ethereum) is 5.23%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $13.062 billion.

According to BBX data, last week, publicly listed companies in the U.S. disclosed their latest real accounts regarding digital asset treasury allocation and leverage increases, with the core dynamics as follows:Strategy (NASDAQ: $MSTR) invested $369.7 million to increase its holdings by 4,603 BTC: According to the latest 8-K filing submitted by Strategy, the company purchased 4,603 bitcoins between August 24 and 30, 2026, at an average price of approximately $80,318. The funds for this purchase came from its stock ATM program (during the same period, 4.5314 million shares of MSTR common stock were sold, raising approximately $602.8 million). Of the raised funds, $151.8 million was used to repurchase 1.5572 million shares of STRC preferred stock, and $50.7 million was used for dividend payments. As of August 30, Strategy's cumulative holdings reached 845,050 BTC (total cost approximately $63.73 billion, average price approximately $75,412).Strive increased its holdings by 1,800 bitcoins, with total holdings surpassing 23,000: According to the 8-K filing submitted by Strive to the SEC, the company purchased 1,800 bitcoins between August 24 and 28 at an average price of approximately $79,431. As of August 28, Strive's total bitcoin holdings increased to 23,156 BTC. In addition, its balance sheet also holds 505,000 shares of Strategy STRC preferred stock (fair value approximately $49.15 million) and about $183.5 million in cash.BitMine has increased its holdings for 65 consecutive weeks, with Ethereum holdings soaring to 5.9 million: Nasdaq-listed company BitMine disclosed that it increased its holdings by another 53,501 Ethereum last week, achieving a remarkable 65 consecutive weeks of increases. As of August 30, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,901,112 ETH (approximately 4.9% of the total supply on the network). Currently, the total value of the company's crypto assets and various investments is as high as $15.6 billion, with the number of staked Ethereum remaining at 5,067,309 (accounting for 86% of total holdings), corresponding to a value of approximately $12.7 billion, and the current annualized staking yield is approximately $335 million.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, Justin Sun redeemed 5,000 ETH from Lido, of which 3,500 flowed to Poloniex and subsequently entered a hot wallet address, with the specific use unknown; another 1,500 were deposited into Morpho.Justin Sun still holds over 243,000 ETH on-chain, worth over 600 million dollars, ranking 4th among ETH holding entities, with a holding amount exceeding that of the Ethereum Foundation.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Ethereum August Price Prediction" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Above $2,500" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 46.5% an hour ago to the current 18.5% (a fluctuation of 28%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The privacy public chain Zano activated its sixth hard fork (HF6) at block height 3,833,000. The upgrade has been launched on the mainnet, completing the largest upgrade in the network's seven-year history. HF6 introduces Gateway Addresses, providing a directly traceable single balance and instant synchronization for centralized exchanges, DEX, and cross-chain bridges, while retaining existing addresses and their privacy models.Native ZANO can now be cross-chain transferred to Ethereum, Solana, and TON without custody, publicly on external networks, and privacy protection is restored after crossing back to Zano. The upgrade also tightens consensus validation rules and strengthens wallet encryption, mining pool fault tolerance, payment IDs, anti-DoS restrictions, SOCKS5 proxies, and RPC interfaces. HF6 is a prerequisite for the development of the EVM-compatible chain Zano Execution Layer, which currently has no fixed launch date; the next-generation consensus protocol Zenith has been included in the 2027 roadmap.

Bitcoin mining company BitMine Immersion Technologies stated in its latest staking disclosure that as of August 30, it has staked 5,067,309 ETH, valued at approximately $12.7 billion based on a price of $2,511. The company's disclosed staking balance remained unchanged from August 9 to 30, while it added 53,501 ETH in the latest week, bringing its total holdings to 5,901,112 ETH.BitMine indicated that its Ethereum vault accounts for about 4.9% of the total Ethereum supply of 120.7 million coins, and the company had previously set a target to acquire 5% of the total Ethereum supply. The company has set the annualized yield for its staking operations over the past seven days at 2.63%, stating that the annualized staking income corresponding to the current holdings is approximately $335 million; if the entire ETH balance is staked through its self-built network and staking partners at the same yield, the annualized staking rewards could reach $390 million.BitMine officially launched its self-built "Made in America Validator Network" (MAVAN) in April this year. In its April disclosure, the company mentioned that some staked ETH had already been deployed on MAVAN, but did not specify the exact amount. BitMine's staking holdings were 4,879,157 ETH at the beginning of July, surpassed 5 million on August 9, and have remained stable in the subsequent four weekly disclosures. The company's chairman, Tom Lee, has stated that BitMine's staked ETH amount exceeds that of any other entity.

On Monday, CME Group officially launched two multi-asset cryptocurrency benchmark indices, one covering a broad market index and a "Emerging Crypto Index" specifically measuring large crypto assets beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. The CME CF Emerging Crypto Index excludes Bitcoin and Ethereum, tracking a total of 10 assets: BNB, XRP, SOL, HYPE, LINK, XLM, SUI, UNI, AVAX, and AAVE; while the CME CF Crypto Market Index includes Bitcoin and Ethereum in addition to the aforementioned 10 assets.Both indices are weighted by free float market capitalization and undergo component adjustments and rebalancing every six months. The real-time version is calculated once per second and operates around the clock; the settlement version is calculated once daily and published at 4 PM London, New York, and Singapore/Hong Kong time. The methodology for the Emerging Index requires component assets to meet custody conditions, exclude meme coins, and set protocol usage rate screening thresholds based on the ratio of total locked value to total market capitalization. At the time of initial inclusion, assets that do not yet meet the general listing standards for cryptocurrency ETFs on U.S. national securities exchanges but are expected to be compliant within 30 days may temporarily enter the index with a maximum combined weight of 10%.The index is designed to be investable and can be used for passive replication by funds and derivative settlements, continuing the precedent set by CME's launch of Nasdaq CME Crypto Index futures in June. CF Benchmarks stated that the Emerging Index can be licensed for financial products, investment funds, or derivative instruments.

According to official news, Etherscan has officially released a new toolkit for AI, allowing developers and agents to directly access reliable on-chain data that is the same as that on the Etherscan website.The toolkit covers more than 60 EVM-compatible chains and provides structured, certified real-time data access capabilities for AI agents through three methods: MCP, CLI, and Skills.Among them, Etherscan MCP supports mainstream programming agents like Claude and Codex to query on-chain information in natural language; the CLI tool can output clean JSON, table, or CSV results in the terminal and is equipped with an interactive interface; the Skills module includes professional skills such as Orchestrator, contract review, transaction debugging, and workflow orchestration, helping agents efficiently complete complex tasks.Etherscan stated that these tools are designed to lower the barriers for AI to interact with blockchain data, allowing developers to quickly get started by directly pointing to the official documentation, while also welcoming user feedback on their experience or sharing innovative applications built using these tools.

According to Cointelegraph, BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) recently expressed a bullish view on Ethereum, pointing out that ETH had previously been heavily sold off by the market and was almost "forgotten," but its ratio against Bitcoin has recently shown a significant rebound, which he believes is a signal of the market's reawakening.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that stablecoins are a more trustworthy form of currency than tokenized bank deposits, the former being almost fully backed by U.S. Treasury bonds, while the latter typically only has 10% of liquid assets backing it. Pablo Hernandez de Cos, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), mentioned that stablecoins face issues such as redemption capability, supply, interoperability, and facilitating crime, and he referred to tokenized bank deposits as a more direct path to preserving the monetary system's foundation while utilizing tokenization.Ardoino pointed out that the market capitalization of USDT has exceeded $183 billion and is used by some emerging markets for domestic and cross-border commerce. In discussions surrounding the Digital Asset Market Transparency Act (CLARITY Act), banks are concerned that allowing cryptocurrency exchanges to provide incentives for stablecoins could lead to a shift in deposits.

According to SoSoValue data, last week's trading days (Eastern Time from August 24 to August 28) saw a net inflow of $824 million into Ethereum spot ETFs.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a weekly net inflow of $567 million, bringing its historical total net inflow to $12.740 billion; followed by Fidelity ETF FETH, with a weekly net inflow of $96.509 million, currently having a historical total net inflow of $2.270 billion.As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $15.230 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market value as a percentage of Ethereum's total market value) reaching 5.20%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $12.970 billion.

According to DefiLlama data, Robinhood Chain's app revenue in the past 24 hours reached $1.84 million, surpassing Ethereum's $1.14 million during the same period, and exceeding Base (approximately $299,000) by more than 6 times. It currently ranks second across all chains, only behind Solana's $5.03 million.Among them, GMGN, Pons, and Uniswap are the three protocols that contributed the most to Robinhood Chain's app revenue, with approximately $803,000, $693,000, and $294,000 in app revenue respectively in the past 24 hours.

On August 28, the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF recorded a net outflow of $201.9 million, ending a nine-day streak of net inflows since mid-August. According to SoSoValue data, this reversal reduced the cumulative net inflow to approximately $55.1 billion, with total net assets of about $93.9 billion. Decrypt's ETF flow tracker turned the Bitcoin sentiment reading to "bearish" on that day.The previous strong performance was particularly remarkable: the Bitcoin ETF had accumulated inflows of $2.8 billion during an eight-day rally, during which Bitcoin briefly tested the $80,000 mark and recorded the largest single-day inflow since May, with a peak single-day inflow exceeding $600 million on August 20. In contrast, the Ethereum ETF showed no signs of weakness, with a net inflow of $102.1 million on August 28, extending its streak of inflows to ten days, with a cumulative net inflow of approximately $12.9 billion and total net assets of about $13.8 billion.As the flow of funds diverged, Bitcoin fell back due to hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh at Jackson Hole, after a rally that had pushed prices close to $80,000. Over the weekend, Bitcoin rebounded to around $79,000. Analysts pointed out that the single-day outflow relative to the fund's cumulative size remains moderate, and the interruption of the rally may not necessarily indicate a widespread reversal in institutional demand.

In response to the recent warning from Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), regarding the risks that stablecoins may pose to financial stability, Tether CEO Paolo Ardonio took to the X platform to criticize the BIS.He stated that there is a fundamental difference in the underlying risk structure between stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits. Stablecoins are essentially tools that are 100% backed by high-liquidity assets (such as U.S. Treasury bonds); in contrast, tokenized bank deposits still belong to the deposit system of banks, which typically use a fractional reserve model, with only a portion backed by high-liquidity assets.

Watcher Guru posted that Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, will accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT as collateral for loans.

According to Crowdfund Insider, the Ethena Foundation has announced a series of adjustments to reduce the selling pressure caused by early investors unlocking their tokens. The foundation has repurchased some of the remaining locked ENA from large seed round investors through over-the-counter transactions and has agreed with major investors to end the remaining vesting arrangements early.Starting from October 5, there will be no investor tokens under lock-up, while team tokens will maintain the original lock-up and vesting terms.

Bitwise CEO posted on the X platform that Solana, Ethereum, and Bitcoin are currently the only three crypto assets in the world whose ETF size has grown to over $1 billion.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the "Ethereum August Price Prediction" event on the prediction market Polymarket, the probability of the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Above $2,500" has experienced severe fluctuations, dropping from 49% an hour ago to the current 29% (a fluctuation of 20%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.